Ben Cousins

Ben Cousins played 270 senior AFL games chiefly for West Coast, as well as Richmond between 1996 and 2010, lining up most often as a midfielder. On 23-0, Ben Cousins's career spans 3 decades, from the 1990s to the 2010s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Ben Cousins at a peak of 92 out of 100, reached in the 2000s. That figure measures Ben Cousins only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 2000s midfielder can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for Ben Cousins include 1 premiership, 1 Brownlow Medal and 6 All-Australian selections.

Season by season, the data credits Ben Cousins with a best season of 612 disposals in 2005, 217 career goals and a top Brownlow year of 21 votes in 2003. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.